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#1 2006-12-26 08:40:51
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Find the number
Find the number that is 1/5 of the way from 4 to -6
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#2 2006-12-26 08:42:32
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Re: Find the number
2.
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#3 2006-12-26 08:53:16
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Re: Find the number
ummmm no explaination? i mean no steps?
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#4 2006-12-26 08:58:52
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Re: Find the number
distance(4 --> -6) = 1/5(diff(4,-6)) = 1/5(10) = 2 (Sorry for ending there, I continued until I found the right answer)
That's the distance traveled from 4 against -6.
position(4 d--> -6) = 2.
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#5 2006-12-26 16:58:07
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Re: Find the number
Yes and no to LQ's second reply. He showed that the distance is 10 and that 1/5 of 10 is 2. But now you have to move 2 units from 4 towards -6. Which, coincidentally, takes you to 2. So LQ's answer is correct, just needed to show you one more step.
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#6 2006-12-27 02:08:22
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Re: Find the number
2 is correct.
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